Healthy Chocolate Chip Muffins made with whole grain flour, sweetened with maple syrup and dairy-free too. Basically, lightened up bakery style muffins!
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Why You’ll Love These
You know the chocolate chip muffins you see at the coffee shop? Well these are kind of like that. BUT:
- Lightened up a touch
- Made with whole grain flour
- Sweetened with maple syrup
- Dairy free using non-dairy milk.
Plus, you can even make these vegan friendly by using a flaxseed egg.
What’s not to love?
A classic recipe with some healthier swaps – ingredients you likely already have in your pantry!
Muffin Ingredients
- whole wheat pastry flour, or a mix of whole grain flours.
- baking powder and salt
- non-dairy milk, use something like oat milk or hemp milk to keep this recipe nut free. Or use almond milk, cashew milk or coconut milk.
- eggs & oil, for structure and moisture. Feel free to use light olive oil, sunflower oil or avocado oil. If using coconut oil, just make sure the rest of your ingredients are room temperature or the coconut oil will solidify.
- maple syrup, for the unrefined sweetener. If you want a sweeter muffins, you can add a few more tablespoons of granulated sugar.
- vanilla, for flavor
- chocolate chips, of course. I like to use a mix of mini and regular sized morsels.
Find the full detailed instructions with measurements in the recipe card below, at the end of this post.
Quick & Easy Recipe
I love muffin recipes – they’re fast to make and ready to eat within 30 minutes.
All of the ingredients are easily mixed by hand and distributed into a muffin tin – grease, use paper liners or silicone liners <– I love these!
Bake for about 15-20 minutes and you have yourself the most delicious whole grain healthy chocolate chip muffins that happen to be dairy-free too.
Hot to get Higher Muffin Tops
Bake the muffins at 425ºF first for 5 minutes. The high heat will help create higher rise. After 5 minutes, keep the muffins in the oven, drop the temperature down to 350ºF and continue baking for another 10 minutes or so.
High muffins tops for the win!
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Vegan Version (Egg Free)
If you’re looking to make this recipe egg-free, just mix 2 tablespoons of milled flaxseed (ground flaxseed) with 1/3 cup of water and allow the mixture to gel up for about 5 minutes.
Mix in the flaxseed “eggs” with the rest of the wet ingredients, following the directions as normal.
💡 Learn more in this post –> how to make a flax egg.
Freezing Muffins
Allow muffins to cool completely before storing in an airtight container and place in the freezer, up to 3 months.
Allow muffins to thaw at room temperature.
I personally prefer these muffins served warmed and with a little bit of butter – so good!
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Let me know if you make this recipe by leaving a comment and rating below! It helps others learn more about the recipe too! Xx, Ashley
Healthy Chocolate Chip Muffins
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour *, or 1:1 gluten-free all-purpose
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/2 cup oil, avocado, light olive, sunflower
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar, see notes
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs, room temperature**
- 2/3 cup non-dairy milk, soy, cashew, almond, oat, coconut, hemp
- 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips
- coarse sugar for sprinkling tops
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425ºF. Grease 12 muffin cups or use silicone liners. Set aside.
- Mix dry ingredients: In a medium bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- Mix wet ingredients: In a large bowl whisk together oil with maple syrup, add in eggs and vanilla, whisk until combined.
- Combine: Add bowl of dry ingredients into large bowl of wet ingredients. Gently begin to combine then add in milk and stir until ingredients are almost incorporated. Gently fold in chocolate chips, being careful not to over-mix. Batter will be somewhat thick. Avoid over-mixing the batter or you’ll end up with tough muffins.
- Bake: Evenly distribute batter into 12-cup muffin pan, filling 2/3 full (I like to use a medium cookie scoop). Sprinkle on more mini chocolate chips if you’d like and top with pinches of coarse sugar. Bake muffins at 425ºF for 5 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 350ºF and continue baking for an additional 10-12 minutes, or until inserted toothpick in center of muffin comes out clean. Allow muffins to cool in pan for about 10 minutes before gently removing. TIP: if greasing muffin pan, I use a butter knife to remove from pan.
- Cool: Transfer chocolate chip muffins to wire rack and allow to cool completely before storing. Muffins are best enjoyed fresh within 3 days. These muffins are a little bit more dense than traditional muffins. They taste amazing warmed up with a little bit of butter.
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